COGWHEEL

gear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel

(noun) a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cogwheel (plural cogwheels)

A gear wheel

(When used attributively) Something behaving in similar, jerky, manner as a cogwheel, e.g. cogwheel respiration as a side effect of hyperbaric medicine

Synonyms

• gear wheel

• cog

• gear

Hypernyms

• wheel

Source: Wiktionary


Cog"wheel`, n.

Definition: A wheel with cogs or teeth; a gear wheel. See Illust. of Gearing.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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15 January 2025

BEAR

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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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